Foreign Trade

Nov 23, 2019, 01.27 AM IST

Spices export plunge on withdrawal of MEIS benefits

Nov 22, 2019, 05:18 PM IST

India exports around Rs 18,000 crore worth of spices annually and over the years its dominance has come down to a few spices such as chilli, cumin, turmeric and spice oils and oleoresins from around 20 items. Exporters claim duty credits ranging from 2-7 % under MEIS which they discovered were disabled by DGFT from August 1, resulting in a slowdown in shipments.

Piyush Goyal holds discussions with seafood exporters to boost exports to $30-billion level

Nov 21, 2019, 03:06 PM IST

India exports seafood worth over USD 7 billion. Frozen shrimp and frozen fish are major export items. The US and south-east Asia are the major import markets of India's seafood products, with a share of about 33 per cent and 32 per cent in dollar terms, respectively. They are followed by EU (16%), Japan (7%), Middle East (4%) and China (3%).

Companies must review outsourcing to mitigate geopolitical risk: Gartner

Nov 21, 2019, 09:02 AM IST

Geopolitical conditions have a direct impact on trade and economic activities of a country. According to Gartner Inc, recent events like the Sri Lankan terrorist attacks, the US-China trade dispute and political tensions in Hong Kong are raising fears of delivery disruptions. This could further affect global offshore services market.

Resource rich Kazakhstan explores business opportunities in West Bengal

Nov 21, 2019, 07:39 AM IST

On November 18-19 Ambassador of Kazakhstan to India Yerlan Alimbayev paid a working visit to Eastern India’s largest economic and financial center in Kolkata.

India, Sri Lanka cautious of EU proposal against illegal fishing

Nov 21, 2019, 06:52 AM IST

The European Union's inclusions to IUU ( illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing has raised reluctance by India, Sri Lanka and the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries conforming to the laid proposals giving powers to countries to keep illegal operators out of their ports and prevent them from landing illegal catches.

RCEP did not address our concerns: Piyush Goyal

Nov 21, 2019, 06:32 AM IST

Piyush Goyal in a written reply to the House said that during the third RCEP Leaders Summit on November 4 in Bangkok, India stated that the current structure did not reflect its guiding principles or address the outstanding issues and concerns of India, in the light of which India did not join the agreement.

India appeals against WTO panel ruling on export incentive schemes

Nov 20, 2019, 05:21 PM IST

The plea was made in the appellate body of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism. The US has dragged India to the WTO under Article 27 of the organisation's Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM), which also provides for special and differential treatment to developing countries like India.

China terminates anti-dumping duties on pyridine imports from India, Japan

Nov 20, 2019, 04:26 PM IST

China on Wednesday terminated its six-year long anti-dumping measures on pyridine imports from India and Japan after the domestic producers asked the government to withdraw the reinvestigations of the duties.

India offers huge business opportunities for Central, Eastern European companies: Piyush Goyal

Nov 20, 2019, 04:15 PM IST

He further said both India and Europe also offer an opportunity to help kick-start economic growth in the world. "We have lots of opportunities together and I hope we can look for a greater engagement. We have both comparative and competitive advantages," he said. Goyal was addressing the India-Europe 29 Business Forum, organised by CII.

India plans incentives for 324 firms including Tesla to capitalize on trade war

Nov 20, 2019, 01:51 PM IST

India plans to provide land to 324 companies to set up a factory along with power, water and road access.

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India’s abstinence from RCEP: Free marketeers getting it surprisingly wrong

Nov 20, 2019, 11:57 AM IST

FTAs, by definition, are about countries swapping market access in areas where they have respective comparative advantages in place.

Govt eases input tax refunds for exporters

Nov 20, 2019, 07:13 AM IST

Delay in the issuance of refunds has been a sore point for exporters since the switchover to goods and services tax (GST) regime in July 2017. The new directive from the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) follows assurance from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to the industry on easing of compliances.

India appeals against WTO panel's ruling on export promotion measures

Nov 19, 2019, 11:10 PM IST

On October 31, the WTO had ruled that export subsidy programmes-MEIS, Export oriented units scheme and sector specific schemes, including Electronics Hardware Technology Parks Scheme and Bio-Technology Parks Scheme; Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme; and Duty-Free Imports for Exporters Scheme- violated provisions of trade body’s norms.

India's finished steel exports fall 34 pc to 6.36 MT in 2018-19

Nov 18, 2019, 07:37 PM IST

The country produced 110.92 MT of crude steel during the same year, a rise of 7.6 per cent as against 103.13 MT in 2017-18, Minister of Steel said while replying to a question in the Lok Sabha. The minister also said the country exported 6.36 MT of finished steel during 2018-19, registering a fall of 33.9 per cent as compared with 9.62 MT in the previous year.

World goods trade may remain below trend in Q4 2019: WTO

Nov 18, 2019, 07:06 PM IST

The forecast does not augur well for India as the country's exports contracted for a third month in a row in October by 1.11 per cent to USD 26.38 billion.

China keen on Indian henna, drumsticks powder

Nov 18, 2019, 12:27 PM IST

China expects to import products and services valuing over $10 trillion through such fairs.

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